Imari Cheyne Tetu

tetuimar@msu.edu

Academic Technology

Biography

User Experience Design, Universal Design for Learning, Accessibility, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technical Communication

Imari Cheyne Tetu is a graduate research assistant with EDLI and a PhD student in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures. She holds an A.A. in general studies from Kirtland Community College, a B.A. in Professional and Technical Writing from Saginaw Valley State University, and an M.A. in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Michigan State University. Her research interests include AI writing tools, UX research, web accessibility, and technical communication, and her teaching experience includes Writing as Inquiry; Intro to Experience Architecture; Accessibility for the Humanities; and Information Architecture. Imari has worked as a graduate researcher with WIDE (Writing, Information, and Digital Experience) and as a freelance technical writer and instructional designer. She is also a member of the Teach Access alumni network steering committee.

M.A., Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing, Michigan State University, 2022

B.A., Professional and Technical Writing, Saginaw Valley State University, 2020

A.A., Kirtland Community College, 2017

Works

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Kirby, C., Tetu, I. C., McArdle, C., Potts, L., Schopieray, S., Cheng, C., & Fu, J. (accepted with revisions). Reimagining Computer Labs: Creating Accessible, Flexible, Distributed Classrooms. In J. Jones, S. L. DeWitt, & B. McCorkle (Eds.), Histories of the Future: Computer Labs in Writing Instruction.

Kirby, C., Henley, C., & Tetu, I. C. (March 28, 2025). Defining Key Modality Parameters of Blended Courses. Journal of Educational Technology Systems.

Tetu, I. C. (February 5, 2024). Review of “User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice.” Programmatic Perspectives 14(2).

Tetu, I. C., Kelly, S., Fu, J., Kirby, C. K., Schopieray, S., & Thomas, S. (January 26, 2024). Developing Asynchronous Workshop Models for Professional Development. Communication Design Quarterly 12(1).

Kirby, C. K., Fu, J., Tetu, I. C., & Zhuang, M. (December, 2023). Fostering Teaching Skills and Collaboration in an Online Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies 9(2).

Moroski-Rigney, K., Avilés, A. M., Harris, E., & Tetu, I. C. (Eds.). (2023). Disability Justice and Anti-Ableism in Writing Center Work. Special issue of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship 47(4).

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Tetu, I. C., Doan, S., Potts, L., & McArdle, C. (November, 2024). Emerging practices in a11y communication design: Building accessible programs through accessible design. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691671

Tetu, I. C. (November, 2024). Inviting ChatGPT into technical writing classes: Opportunities, challenges, and student perceptions. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691687

Tetu, I. C., Oldham Griffith, C., Pouncil, F., & Potts, L. (2023). “Human Centered (Re)Design: Revising a Rhetoric and Writing PhD Program.” Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. ACM SIGDOC. https://doi.org/10.1145/3615335.3623036

Tetu, I. C. (2022). “Accessible Communication App for Teaching Technical Writing.” Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. ACM SIGDOC. https://doi.org/10.1145/3513130.3559008

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